The markets may be in turmoil, but one Dow stock remains sky-high. Perched on a bean bag adjacent to the training pitch at England’s Bagshot base, flannel draped across her forehead after a tough session in the unseasonable spring sunshine, Abby Dow, the Red Roses’ arch-finisher, is chronicling the experiences that have helped turn her into perhaps the finest wing in the world.
It is a conversation that meanders from the intricacies of wing play through the tough times of losing her father and suffering a serious leg injury ahead of the 2022 Rugby World Cup. The analytical wing takes each question in turn with the depth of thought one might expect from a woman with a master’s in mechanical engineering. But, halfway through a conversation in the week in which she wins her 50th cap comes a surprising admission, when I ask the 27-year-old for some of the highlights of her first 49 appearances in England white.
